Category: News

The future is looking good for Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center in Lavonia, that is if the State Attorney General’s office approves the sale of the hospital to St. Mary’s Healthcare of Athens. At a public hearing last week, St. Mary’s Healthcare President and CEO Don McKenna outlined St. Mary’s strategic plan for Ty Cobb Regional if the sale goes […]

Officers with the new Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post have arrested a Virginia man on charges he abducted a woman. Virginia authorities alerted the Georgia State Patrol late last week that a 21-year old woman had been taken from her home in Fairfax sometime Thursday. According to Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post Assistant Commander Corporal Matt Baxley, the couple was […]

The Franklin County Library Board is asking for increased financial help from the County. At their meeting Monday night, Board chair Rita Shoemaker came before the Franklin County Board of Commissioners to ask for the increase. The Board is currently putting together the County’s FY2016 budget which begins July 1.  Shoemaker said the Library system in Franklin County needs an […]

A Hartwell Woman has received Tri-County Technical College’s 2015 Adjunct Faculty Presidential Award. Jackye Murphy is an adjunct instructor in Tri-County Technical College’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) program.  She received the award May 7th during the spring faculty/staff convocation. The award is given to the adjunct faculty member who is recognized for excellence in teaching, who has consistently high student […]

Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley says three suspects, accused in the burglary and murder of a Franklin County, VA man have admitted to their crimes.  66-year-old Brian Edward Foy of Moneta, Virginia was shot and killed in his home Saturday, May 2. On Sunday, May 3, authorities in Toccoa arrested 31-year-old Daniel Percy Arnot of Stephens County, 25-year-old Carrie Eugene […]